Plate-lifter.



No. 850,737. PATENTED APR.1'6, 1907.

. r n. P. DELLINGBR.

PLATE LIFTER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1a. 1906.

THE NORRIS PETERS ca. WASHINGTON, D. c.

DAVID P. DELLINGER, OF CLEVELAND, NORTH CAROLINA.

PLATE-LIFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratented. April 16, 1907.

Application filed March 18, 1906. Serial No. 305,880.

To (I/ZZ/ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVlD P. DELLINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Rowan, State of ,North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Innorovements in Plate-Lifters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled. in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices for manipulating or handling pie or cake pans, and has for its object in general to provide an improved device of that nature and. in particular one wherein the supporting area is greatly increased and in which the clamp has likewise an increased. clamping area.

Other objects and improvements will be apparent from a consideration of the specification and the drawing forming a part thereof, in which the same elements referred to have the same numerals, and in which there is shown a perspective view of the device.

Referring to said drawing in detail, the device consists of a vertical shank portion 6, provided at its upper end. with a handle 7, inclined thereto, and at its lower end with a pair of flat outwardly-(iivcrgent members 8 and 9. It will be plain that by the formationof the said members divergent from the shank that a much greater supporting area is obtained than by the use of a single member normally at right angles to the shank or by a single flat circular member.

It is understood that the members 8 and 9 are of sufficient length to extend beyond the center of gravity oi the average-sized cakepan. The said members may be formed integral with the shank 6 or may be formed separate and united thereto in any convenient manner.

Pivoted. at about the middle of the shank 6 by a pivot-pin 11 is the clamping-lever 10. This lever is formed with a gripping portion 12 at its inner end, which may be in the form of a loop, through which the middle finger of the operators hand may be passed, or which may be merely a plain handle. likewise provided at its outer end with a pair of divergent. members 13 and 14. These members are-provided. at their outer ends with teeth 15, a pair of said teeth being shown on each member. The space between the two teeth may be adapted to receive the beaded rim of the pie-plate, or the teeth may be pressed directly against the inner edge of the plate. It is clear, as in the case of the supporting member, that a much greater clamping area is secured by the '[OIHliLlllOIl of the arms 13 and 14 divergent.

In operation the mem bers 8 and 9 are slid under the pan to be moved, and the lever is then moved downward until the teeth 15 contact with the edge of the tin. seen that by the cooperation of the two pairs of members that the pan is iirmly held and can be readily lifted from a range or stove or moved. to di'lierent positions thereon. The clamping end of the lever 10 is normally held depressed through the medium of a helical sprin 20, which is attached to the lever and shank directly adjacent their handle ends.

What is claimed is A panlifter comprising a vertical shank having an inclined handle at one end and provided at its opposite end with a plurality of flat, outwardly-divergent members adapted to support the under side of a pan, a lever pivoted. intermediate its ends to said shank and. provided at one end with a handle and at the other with a pair of outwardly-divergent clamping members having their free ends l ormcd. with'depending teeth adapted to enthe rim of a pan and cooperating with said supporting members to grasp and holda pan, and a spring connecting said shank and lever adjacent the handles thereof and adapted to hold the clamping end of the lever normally depressed.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnessess.

DAVID- P. DELLINGER.

ED. W. BARNES.

The lever is It is thus 

